It’s time for WWW Wednesday! This blog hop is hosted by Sam over at A World Of Words. Link up with us by commenting on Sam’s post for this week, and just answer the three questions.
What have you recently finished reading?
I’ve finished The Owl Service by Alan Garner… I have to be honest, I didn’t really get it. I had no idea what was going on for most of it, and only finished it because I wanted to be able to discuss it with the people at work who recommended it.
No reviews this week because I am behind schedule.
What are you currently reading?
I am about 40% of the way through Uprooted by Naomi Novik now. I am really loving it, though I do wish the Dragon would stop calling Agnieszka an idiot and an imbecile quite so much. They have really good chemistry otherwise, but that is quite off-putting.
I have started Purple Threads by Jeanine Leane. I am not very far through it yet, but I can tell it’s going to have a really strong narrative voice and some great women characters.
I’m also reading 
Bookworm: a Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan. I don’t feel like I’m loving it quite as much as everyone else, but she did quote a line from Where the Wild Things Are and I suddenly felt myself getting teary, so there are certainly bits that appeal to me. But it does seem for every book I’ve heard of, she talks about three others I haven’t, which makes it less of a nostalgia trip and more of a literary history lesson.
What do you think you will read next?
I have three books out from one library, two books out from another library, and the majority of my May-June TBR still to read. So who knows?
What are you reading this week?
I like the sound of Bookworm, though I may be in the same boat as you if I don’t get the references either, not that literary history sounds unappealing.
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Some parts of it are interesting, for example there’s a lot of history of the children’s book and how the picture book became popular, but it’s hard just reading several pages of a person talking about how much they loved a book you’ve never even heard of before.
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I’m curious about Purple Threads. I love books with great women characters. Enjoy your week, and thanks for visiting my blog.
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It’s also got a very strong sense of teh Australian country about it, which are two things I love seeing in a book.
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I love the idea of Bookworm as I just love books about books so I think this would be a winner for me! 🙂
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I normally love them, to, but this one just isn’t quite working for me. I hope you have a better experience if you do pick it up.
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The Owl Service as part of a class curriculum I had, focusing on the stories of the Welsh myths if the Mabinogion. I’m sorry to hear you didn’t seem to enjoy much.
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I think part of my issue was I wasn’t familiar with the mythology. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I’d had that background knowledge.
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